6/26/2012

Griffin 2



Thanks anybody who could come to the opening last night. Above are our pieces. Left: portrait of me by Griffin, Right: portrait of Griffin by me. The show is up till July 24. 
And below is a bunch of paintings that Griffin did, and I combined one of his paintings into my painting. 
友達の赤ちゃんとの共同作品。ペアになったアーティストがお互いの肖像画を描くというテーマのグループ展だったので、友達の4ヶ月の赤ちゃんに協力してもらいました。下はGriffinのペインティングの数々とそのうちの一つを自分のと掛け合わせたもの。



There was also another version.

6/24/2012

聞かない人

話し好きな人は好きだけれど、話を聞かない人は少し苦手だ。とくに、一見正しそうな事を正しいに決まっていると思い込んでいる人ほど、理不尽な事を主張する人よりもタチが悪い時がある。自分が正しいと思う事を大声を上げて主張しなければならない時もあると思うが、そういう時こそ、小さな声にも耳を傾けて、少し静かにしてみることで伝わる事だってあると思うのだ。

とくに誰の事を言っているわけでも、何かがあったわけでもなくて、単純に先週描いたこの絵を見ていて思ったこと。

6/19/2012

Room Portrait Series: Lovejoy Studio 412

I finished coloring the drawing I did of Dave Lovejoy's Studio.

I am trying to do this series of drawings of people's rooms like houses, apartments, offices or studios. I think of these spaces as portrait of the person who live or use in regular basis. Just like the faces of people represent their personalities and histories, their rooms also represent their significance. There are many things people decorate their rooms without realizing the reasons why they do it the way they do, such as placing this pen here and that lamp there. When I draw a portrait of a room, I'm hoping to capture the extraordinariness of their ordinary space. As being an artist, drawing has been my best way of observing what's going on, and I'm really fascinated by the discoveries of things when I draw rooms.

In addition, because these rooms are the person's personal spaces, the artwork probably should look different to the ones who know the space from the ones who don't. I'm also captivated by the idea how the exact same image could give very different experiences based on the audience's attachment to the subject, and yet some images could give very strong impact to no matter who the audience is.

If you want to see more of this series, you can go here.


上の絵は最近知り合いになったアーティストのアトリエの絵。
その人の肖像画を描くようにその人の部屋を描く。今、少しずつ進めているプロジェクトで、人の家やアパートもしくはオフィスなどの個人的な空間をとにかくそこにある物の細かさにこだわって描いていくというもの。いわば当たり前の話なのだけど、部屋にはその人にだけ気になるモノの配置とか装飾品があって、人の顔が人の性格をあらわすように、その人の部屋が表すその人の内面っていうものがあるんじゃないかと思うわけです。絵を描いていると、描き始めて初めて気づくということがよくある。そんな具合に、その人にとっての当たり前のものが当たり前にそこにあるということの超現実性を絵を通してその人が発見できたらいいなと思う。

roomsというタグを新しく作ったので気になる人はこちら

Old Room Drawings



These are my old drawings from 2004. Top one is my old apartment in Northridge. 2nd and 3rd ones are exterior and interior of this cafe there used to be in Westwood where I had very first art show in 2004 right after college. These drawings inspired me to do this Room Portrait Series.

6/18/2012

プリント

久しぶりにプリントが売れた。デジタルで作るようになったので、プリントされてフレームされると、またちょっとちがった様にみえる。気に入ってもらえるといいのだけど。

プリントに興味のある人はメッセージください。




6/13/2012

Face of Another

As I mentioned earlier, my collaboration piece with baby Griffin will be up in this group show "Face of Another." The reception date has been moved by a week to 24th of June, but the show still starts on 17th. Swing by if you are nearby.


FACE OF ANOTHER
group art show of portrait
JUNE 17  to JULY 24, 2012
OPENING RECEPTION: JUNE 24, 2012 from 5 to10pm

BALCONI COFFEE COMPANY
11301 Olympic Blvd, #124 Los Angeles, CA 90064
M-F 7am-10pm, Sat&Sun 10am-10pm


6/11/2012

KazuTabu Tshirts Design Company


I have been painting my own T-shirts since last year when Yu found the fabulous fabric painting medium at the local art supplies. I didn't document any of them last year, but maybe I should. All these are hand-painted so these can not be reproduced exactly, but if you are interested, I can make one for you!!

6/07/2012

Room Portrait Series: Lovejoy Studio 412

I finished penciling the superb studio of Dave Lovejoy. Since I really wanted to included the outside wall, I came up with this perspective. I'm not sure if this was the best solution, but I'm liking how his amazing sculptures are starting to create the machinery look, which I was expecting. Now I'm ready to color it.

6/03/2012

Griffin

This is my friend's baby, Griffin. A portrait that I did of him (not this one, I created another one and I chose that one for the show) and a portrait of me that he's going to do today (Yes, this 4-month-old baby will paint!!) will be in this group show "Face of Another" at Balconi cafe. The opening is on June 17th, Sunday. Come check it out!

Balconi Coffee Company
11301 W. Olympic Blvd. #124 Los Angeles, CA 90064